Improvement in car-coupling tools



H; SULLINGS.

GAR-COUPLING TOOL. No. 172,529. Patented J'an.1-8,1B76.

WITNESSES INVENTOR ATTORNEYS N.PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAFHER. WASKING'ION.D C.

U'NrrED STATES PATEN QFFICE.

HERVEY SULLINGS, OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN CAR-COUPLING TOOLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 172,520, dated January18, 1876; application filed December 18, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that HERVEY SULLINGS, of Kalamazoo, in the county ofKalamazoo and State of Michigan, have invented a new and valuable[mprovementin ()ar-Gouplin g Tools; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the constructionand operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a v part of this specification, and to the letters and the saidtube near the base of the first. and

an operatin gshaft extending through the bore of the tube, and actuatedby a handle working in slots formed therein, whereby a Very useful andeffective implement is produced for raising the link in an ordinarypin-and-link coupler without passing in between the cars to be coupled,as will be hereinafter more fully shown and described.

In the annexed drawings, the letter A designates a metallic tube ofsuitable length, provided with a curved handle, 61, and near it withslot at, and at its other end with a rigid curved finger, B, having agroove, 1), at its end, for a purpose hereinafter explained. Odesignates a metallic shaft running inside of the tube A through itsentire length, and D designates a clamp-finger made of metal, whichfinger is pivoted in slot at near. the end of the tube, and is pivotallyconnected with the said shaft, as shown in figure. E designates a spiralspring arranged in the closed rear end of the tube A, which bearsagainst shaft G,

for the purpose of holding jaws B D open. Shaft O is provided with ahandle, F, working transversely inslot a, as shown in figure.

The manner of operating my improved tool is as follows: The persondesigning to couple the cars, standing outside of the car-track, willgrasp the handle 01 of the improved tool with one hand; he will thenclamp the link between fingers B D by drawing forcibly outward on handleF with the other, the said link being steadied by groove I) in the endof the fixed curved finger. The link will then be passed in between thecars in a transverse manner, and held in a horizontal position at such aheight as to enter the draw-bars of the cars to be coupled. Theattendant not being between thecars when they come together, he is in nodanger of being wounded orin any other man ner hurt.

The link being adjusted to its right position, the pins can be passedthrough the draw-bars, into and through them after the cars are at rest,and all danger of injury to the attendant is passed.

'VVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure I by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a car-coupling tool, the combination, with a metallic tube, A,having fixed finger B, pivoted finger 1), and cross-handle d, of theoperating-shaft, having handle F arranged within the said tube,substantially as specified.

2. In combination with the pivoted and fixed fingers B D, theoperating-handle F and spring E, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

HEBVEY SULLINGS.

